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Judge strikes down Long Island county's ban on female transgender athletes
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman had maintained the ban was meant to protect girls and women from getting injured if they are forced to compete against transgender women.
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Judge strikes down Long Island county trans sports ban
The New York Civil Liberties Union said it’s “gratified” that the court has struck down what it calls, “a harmful policy that belongs in the dustbin of history.”
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As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up'
Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school, Dusty Farr was someone else. Now, he has found himself in the unlikely role of fighting bathroom bans in the state.
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NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports. NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition'
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced a policy that all but bans transgender athletes from women’s sports.
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J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say
The “Harry Potter” author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X in which she referred to transgender women as men.
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Sacramento declares itself a sanctuary city for transgender people
The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to declare the California capital a “sanctuary city for transgender people.”
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No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says
An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide.
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Caitlyn Jenner backs Nassau County's transgender athletes ban
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is trying to drum up support for his ban on transgender athletes from competing against girls at county-facilities. The Republican leader stood side by side with Caitlyn Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist and transgender athlete, who supports the restrictions on transgender athletes. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs Nassau County ban on transgender female athletes
Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner on Monday said she supported a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities.
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Kansas GOP leaders close to banning gender-affirming care for minors
Republican legislators are close to banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Kansas over the Democratic governor’s expected veto.
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Death of transgender student Nex Benedict ruled suicide by medical examiner
The death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday.
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Long Island roller derby league sues over county's trans athlete ban
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is standing by his county’s ban on transgender girls and women athletes at county-run facilities. His defense of the order comes even after the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of a women’s roller derby team. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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‘Not safe here': Long Island roller derby team sues over transgender sports ban
A Long Island roller derby team is the first to challenge a Nassau County executive order that prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports at over 100 different county owned venues.
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Women's roller derby league sues suburban New York county over ban on transgender female athletes
The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels, argues that the state’s human rights and civil rights statutes explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.
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After Nex Benedict's death, LGBTQ youth group saw 200% rise in crisis contacts from Oklahoma
Rainbow Youth Project, a national LGBTQ suicide prevention group, also said calls increased ahead of a protest in Owasso, Oklahoma, by the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Education Department to open investigation into Nex Benedict's Oklahoma school district
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old transgender student, died last month after a fight with three students in a school bathroom, drawing global media attention.
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Backlash brews after church cuts transgender activist's funeral at St. Patrick's short
Timothy Cardinal Dolan on Tuesday lauded St. Patrick’s Cathedral officiants who curtailed a funeral where more than 1,000 people had gathered to celebrate the life of Cecilia Gentili, a 52-year-old Catholic who, apparently unbeknownst to the church before the service, was also a renowned transgender activist. Meanwhile, Gentili’s family is demanding a public explanation from St. Patrick’s for turning...
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NY Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral, holds Mass of Reparation
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday.
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Utah poised to become the next state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people
On Friday, Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
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In rare move for a GOP politician, Ohio's Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine broke from his party Friday by vetoing a bill that sought to ban gender-affirming care for minors.